Mother-of-two about to undergo double mastectomy holds dance party in operating room

A woman about to undergo a double mastectomy has been filmed dancing to a Beyoncé track right before her life-changing surgery.

Surrounded by her surgical and anesthesia teams and with Get Me Bodied blasting out, Deborah Cohan and her crew spent six minutes gyrating and celebrating life before the operation commenced.

The gynaecologist and mother-of-two filmed the video because she wanted to galvanise other people into dancing and making the most of their lives.

Operation room dance party (Picture: YouTube/karenrme)

She told visitors to her CaringBridge page: ‘I have visions of a healing video montage. Nothing brings me greater joy than catalysing others to dance, move, be in their bodies. Are you with me people?’

The video was filmed at the Mt Zion Hospital in San Francisco in order, Ms Cohan said, to transform ‘the solemn space of a hospital into a vibrant healing ward’.